Hog-scraping machine.



No. 645,418. Patented Mar. 13, |900..

G. w. CUNSTANTINE.

HUG SCRAPING MACHlNE.

(Application led Dec. 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

GEORGE WV. CONSTANTINE, OF CHIOAGQ-ILLINOS.

Hoc-,SCRAPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,418, dated March 13, 1900. i

Application filed December l1, 1899. Serial No. 739,988. (No model.) r

To all whom #may concern: j Be it known that l, GEORGE W. CONSTAN- TINE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the countyof Cook andState of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in l-Iog-Scraping Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in.

hog-scraping machines, and particularly to what is known in this art as thefhooking-on hook-namely, the hook which is connected4 with the j aw-hook which the operator attaches to the lower jaw of thev hog after the hog has been thrown 'out of the scalding-tub and onto the usual slottedor channeled table preparay tory to being carried -to the scraping-machine proper. v l

Heretofore, as farasl know, the hookingon hook (afterthe jaw-hook was inserted into.

hook onto the cross-bar and repeated theop-v eration With the next hog. The present invention comprehends facilitating the rapid handling of the hogs by devising a hookingon hook which may be placed upon the table and retained in such a position that it may be automatically caught by the cross-bar of the chain and carried to the scraping-machine, thus enabling the operator to handle the hogs with more despatch, as all he has to do is to attach the hook to the ,hog and lay the hook on the table with its point projecting through the slot and then repeat -the operation with the next hog coming from the scalding tub or vat, the hook end of the preceding hook remaining properly placed to be automatically caught by the cross-bar of the chain and transported Without requiring the personal assistance or attention of the operator after the initial operation of placing the hook on the table is performed.

The invention therefore consists, essentially, in the combination, with a slotted table and a chain or carrier mounted beneath the same,of a hooking-on hook provided with means for retaining it in Voperative position on the table, whereby it may be automatically engaged by the carrier.

structions and combinations of parts, which I shall hereinafter describe, 'and point out-in the claims.

'Referring to.` the accompanying drawings, l forming part of this specificatiomand in which like letters of reference indicate correspondproved hooking-on hook in positiononthe slotted table, the' said, table being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional 'View on the line :c :r ofFig. land showing incross-bar in full linges. Fig. 4t is an enlarged perspective view of one of my improved hooks detached. l v f The table A'is of the usual or any desired pattern and size and construction. It is placed proximate to the scalding tub or vat, and upon it the hogs are thrown by a mechanism used in connection with the tub or vat. These features and mechanisms, as well as the scraping mechanisms which are usually placed near the end of the table opposite to the scalding tub orvat, are Well-known in the art and'constitute no essential portion of my invention.

lSuitablyjournaled below the table A is a chain or endless carrier B of any well-known or desiredv type and having cross-bars d at intervals about eight (8) feet apart, said cross-bars each having by preference a groove b nearv its center to facilitate the engagement therewith of the hooking-on hook. This hook C is of substantially the type shown in Figs. 2 and 4namely, it has a comparativelystraight body portion with a hook c at one end to engage one of the cross-bars a of the chain or carrier, and it has an eye d at the opposite end to engage a link e, which connects the usual jaw-hook e with thel hookingon hook.

The essence of my invention and the real point of improvement is in forming or proy It also consists of the parts and the coning parts, Figure lis a plan'view'of rmy imdotted .lines a portion'of the chain or carrier. Fig. .3 isa plan view in dotted lines of a por- I tion `of the chain or carrier 'and showiuga IOO viding the hooking-on hook with a transverse or laterally-extending projection, which prevents the hook dropping through the slot of the table when said hook is placed therein and retains the hook in position so that its point or hook end may be automatically caught by a cross-bar of the chain or carrier when it reaches said hook. In the specific form of hook shown and to which I do not limit myself, as various modications of it may be used with success andwithout departing from the spirit of my invention, the said-hookingon hook is formed or provided with a lug or ear g, rising from its upper side at a .point just back of the front end of the hook, said lug or ear having a cross-pin 71, projecting transversely from eachl side and sufficiently beyond the plane of the Walls of the slot in the `table to prevent the hook dropping through the slot when placed therein'. v `In operation With my improved `hookingon hook the operator or hooker-on inserts the usual jaw-hook into the under jaw of the hog f already on the table, as aforesaid, and then vplaces the hook into the slot in the table. The

lugs or pins h prevent the hook dropping through the slot Aand support-said hook with vits front or hook end in the path of the crossbars of the chain or carrier. beneath the table. Itremainsin this position and Without further attention on the part ot'- the operator until a cross-bar passes the point, when saidbar au- Y tomatically engages the hookvand transports it and the attached hog to thev scraping mechanism. Under the old methods the operator not onlyplaced'the hook in'position inthe (slot, but he was compelled to hold onto. the` employer. In fact, actual experiment has shown that by the use of my improved hook the operator can in a given length of time handle about one-third more hogs than when using the oldforms of hooking-on hooks.

The improvement is simple and eective and is of such a oharacter'that it'may be applied to already-existing hooks with but little expense and Without any change or modifications of the existing machinery.

Having thus described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure hy'Letters Patent, is p 1. In a hog-scraping machine, the combination With a slotted table and a chain or carf rier mounted beneath the same, of a hooking-on hook adapted to be placed Within the slot of the table'and provided With a vertically-.extending lug or'ear` having lateral supports for maintaining said hook in position with its frontor hooked end in the path of the chain or carrier whereby it is automatically engaged thereby. y Y

2. In a hogLscraping machine, the combination with a slotted table and a chain or car` ri'er mounted beneath the same, ofa hooks ing-'on hook to be placed in lthe slot of the table andhaving a` hook-shaped front end 4 and an opposite end adapted to'engage a jawthrough 'said slot and to hold it operatively in position for-automatic engagement with the chain or carrier. y

In' testimony whereot` I have hereunto set my handl in presence offtWo subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. ooNsTANTINE.

W'it-nesses: o

W. M. BENN; FRANK H. WILLIAMSON. 

